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F. A. SMITH, Jr. i BUTTON HOOK OROPASTBNINO. N0. 295,828. Y PatentedMar. 25, 1884;-

WITNEEEEQ /lvv'En/Tmrg. gz/@ l UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica FRANKLIN A.SMITH, JR., OE rROvIDENoE, RHODE IsIlAIvD.`

BUTTON HOOK OR FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,828, dated March25,

Application filed January 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN A. SMI'rI-I, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooksor Fastenings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains 'to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the aecompanying drawings, and to the letters and fig uresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention :relates to that class of fasteners styled hooks,for which an application is now pending in the'United States IatentOffice; and the object of my present invention is designed as animprovement on the same. In the aforesaid application the hook isapplied to the button by first cutting a slit or hole through thefabric, then passing the eye of a button through the, hole, after whichthe hook is passed through the loop of the button. The hook is thenpulled up into the material until the head-bar lies closely against theunder surface of the same. It will be seen that a hole the full width ofthe hook must be made in the fabric, and the buttonloop alone prevent-sthe hook from dropping down. The hook is also liable to turn in thefabric, thus enlarging the hole.

My present invention has for its object to obviate these difficulties,and at the same time furnish a fastenerwhich may be more readilyattached to fabric.

To this end my invention consists of a hook or fastening cut from sheetmetal, having a base -bar and hook integral therewith, said hook havingan upwardly-curved penetrating end, the base-bar and hook beingsubstantially in the same plane withthe metal in the nished hook, beingin its normal or unbent condition'as it existed in the sheet from whichit was cut, the whole being cut to form by suitable dies, all as will bemore particularlydescribed hereinafter in the following specification,`and pointed out in the claims and drawings. l l

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of `myimproved fastener; Fig. 2, a view of the fastener passed through Vdersurface of the same.

fabric, .with a button passed over it, ready for the nal operation ofbending; Fig.. 3, a view of a button attached to fabric by means of myimproved fastener; Fig. 4, a view of sheet metal, showing fastener cuttherefrom ready for use.

Again referring to the drawings, A is a fastener, consisting of thebase-bar a, from the cut edge of which extends a partial hook, c,terminating in an upwardly-curved penetrating end, b, the whole being inthe same plane and cut from sheet stock, the metal of thefinishedfastener being in the normal or unbent condition in which itexisted in the sheet out of which it was cut.. rlhe end b of the hook ismade self-penetrating and curved upward, as shown in Fig. 1, to enableit to readily penetrate fabric, the fastener `being cut to shapesubstantially as shown inFigs l and 2 of the drawings. l

In attaching a button to fabric by means of my improved fastener the endb is pushed through the fabric, making buta small hole, until thebase-bar lies closely against the unthen passed on to the fastener untilit lies within the hook portion a, assuming the po-` sitions shown inFig. 2. A pressure isnow brought to bear on the,end of the fastener b.It is bent down into the upper surface of the fabric, clamping it firmlybetween the basebar a and the end of the hook l), the portion of thehook from a', Fig. l, to the base-bar a remaining unchanged as it wasoriginallycut, the whole strength of the metal being thus retained atthe point of strain, the greater part of the bending occurring at a', orfrom that point of the hook to the end b. It will be seen that a smallhole is made through the The button-loop is material-while the fabric isfirmly clamped IOO claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,consisting` of the base-bar a., hook o, upward 1e lscurved end b,terminating` in a penetrating l. A butt0n-fastener consisting O f :Lbase end, substantially as shown and described. 0r head bar from whichextends a hook hzw- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in ing anupwardly-eurved penetrating end, the presence 0i' two Witnesses. Wholebeing` cut from sheet metal, and being FRANKLIN A. SMITH, JR. in itsfinished condition when so out, substan- Vitnesses: tiailly as shown,and for the purpose specified. CHAs. E. BAILEY,

2. The herein-described button-fastener A, CHARLES GREENE.

